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ITAM = Implementing JISC’s Technical Architecture at MIMAS Subtitle: Using open standards in academic web services. Ross MacIntyre, MIMAS Manchester Computing University of Manchester, UK. Service Portfolio. Finding Stuff. “If you don’t find it in the Index, look very carefully through the
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ITAM = Implementing JISC’s Technical Architecture at MIMASSubtitle: Using open standards in academic web services Ross MacIntyre, MIMAS Manchester Computing University of Manchester, UK
Service Portfolio ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
Finding Stuff “If you don’t find it in the Index, look very carefully through the entire catalogue.” Consumer’s Guide, Sears, Roebuck & Co 1897. ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Project • Finding the Service • MIMAS Metadatabase • Collection Level Descriptions • Using the Service • Z39.50 • HTTP - OpenURL • Standard definition • Implementations • Resolver trials (SFX) • Ob/Retaining Service Information/Data • Open Archive Initiative • How do you evaluate infrastructural stuff? ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
Technicalities • All MIMAS services to be covered • Bibliographic Reference, E-journals, Scientific, Socio-Economic Data, Spatial • XML • Dublin Core • Subject (& Type) Schemes: • LCSH, UNESCO, Dewey & MIMAS • Spatial - Country: ISO3166 ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
Access to Metadata • Indexed with ‘Cheshire II’ software • UC Berkeley & U of Liverpool • US: NSF/NASA/ARPA, EU: NESSTAR & UK: AHDS + Archives Hub • Why? • Native SGML/XML support • Z39.50 Bath Profile Compliant • Web Z Gateway • OAI Compliant ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
Z39.50 • UKOLN: “…a network protocol* which allows searching of (usually remote) heterogeneous databases and retrieval of data, via one user interface. It is most often used for retrieving bibliographic records…” ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
OpenURL • Support at MIMAS • Member of NISO OpenURL ‘Committee AX’ • Source & Target services • Resolver ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
OpenURL format http://{Base-URL}?{Query} • Base-URL • - Server address for the appropriate ‘resolver’ • Query • - Elements of the metadata (or pointer to metadata) • Information supporting delivery of services • E.G. (version 0.1) • http://ourl.man.ac.uk/menu?genre=article&issn=1234-5678&volume=12&issue=3&spage=1&epage=8&date=1998&aulast=Smith&aufirst=Paul ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
OpenURL v1.0 ?url_ver=z39.88-2003 &url_ctx_fmt=ori:fmt:kev:mtx:ctx &rft_val_fmt=ori:fmt:kev:mtx:journal &rft.genre=article &rft.jtitle= LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE &rft.atitle= Dublin Core Metadata for Electronic Journals &rft.aulast=Apps &rft.auinit=A &rft.date=2000 rft.issue=1923 &rft.pages=93-102 &rft.issn=0302-9743 &rfe_id=xri:CN045159474 &rfr_id=ori:rfr:mimas.ac.uk:zetoc &req_id=xri:athens:man ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
OpenURL-enabled • Biblio DBs: ISI, NCBI, Ulrich’s, zetoc, … • OPACs: Voyager, Aleph, INNOPAC, LoC, Unicorn, GeoWeb, … • Aggregators: EBSCO, Gale, Ingenta, Ovid, Lexis Nexis, ProQuest, SwetsWise, Wilson, NetLibrary • Publishers:Elsevier, Kluwer, BioMed, OUP, Nature, RSC, MUSE, IEEE, ACS, Emerald, HighWire, Wiley, Springer, IOPP, Blackwell, APS, … • Other: Amazon, arcXive, British Library, RDN, JSTOR, BALSA, Google, Yahoo!, … ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
Harvesting • OAI-MHP • Verbs: Identify, ListMetadataFormats, ListIdentifiers, GetRecord, ListRecords & ListSets • Unqualified Dublin Core • ‘Acceptable Use’ Policy ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003
Thank you ITAM Project web pages: http://www.mimas.ac.uk/metadata/ITAM/ Email: ross.macintyre@man.ac.uk ITAM Overview, JISC Meeting, Nottingham July 2003